California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harpool, 155 Cal.App.3d 877, 202 Cal.Rptr. 467 (Cal. App. 1984):
In defendant's fourth and final argument, he claims that the evidence established, at best, only an intention to commit robbery and that someone was killed during the robbery; consequently, the evidence was insufficient for conviction of murder. In essence, defendant is asking us to abrogate the felony-murder rule; however, this we cannot do. This contention has been answered adversely to defendant's position in People v. Dillon (1983) 34 Cal.3d 441, 194 Cal.Rptr. 390, 668 P.2d 697. The rationale need not be repeated here.
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